Map of Ohio’s free tax services to aid working families

This interactive map of tax preparation services around Ohio helps families connect to free assistance, avoid the unnecessary expense of paid preparers, and keep more of their tax refunds.

A new interactive map locating tax preparation services around Ohio will help families connect to free assistance, avoid the unnecessary expense of paid preparers, and keep more of their tax refunds, according to Ohio CASH, the state’s asset-building coalition.

“This new map will help working families find free tax-preparation in their communities,” said Kalitha Williams, policy liaison for Policy Matters Ohio. “Many families don’t know about services that are already available to them.”

Last year, only 2 percent of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit recipients in Ohio took advantage of free tax services. But Ohio has a tremendous free tax-preparation network for low and moderate-income families. Providers include two IRS-funded programs